A scoping review of traditional food security in Alaska
Food insecurity is a public health concern. Food security includes the pillars of food access, availability and utilisation. For some indigenous peoples, this may also include traditional foods. To conduct a scoping review on traditional foods and food security in Alaska. Google Scholar and the High...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ed3db112a3874bfd8cf8dcb64d97f021 2023-05-15T15:06:56+02:00 A scoping review of traditional food security in Alaska Amanda Walch Andrea Bersamin Philip Loring Rhonda Johnson Melissa Tholl 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1419678 https://doaj.org/article/ed3db112a3874bfd8cf8dcb64d97f021 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1419678 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1419678 https://doaj.org/article/ed3db112a3874bfd8cf8dcb64d97f021 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 77, Iss 1 (2018) Traditional foods food security food access food availability food utilisation Alaska native indigenous Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1419678 2022-12-31T13:13:04Z Food insecurity is a public health concern. Food security includes the pillars of food access, availability and utilisation. For some indigenous peoples, this may also include traditional foods. To conduct a scoping review on traditional foods and food security in Alaska. Google Scholar and the High North Research Documents were used to search for relevant primary research using the following terms: “traditional foods”, “food security”, “access”, “availability”, “utilisation”, “Alaska”, “Alaska Native” and “indigenous”. Twenty four articles from Google Scholar and four articles from the High North Research Documents were selected. The articles revealed three types of research approaches, those that quantified traditional food intake (n=18), those that quantified food security (n=2), and qualitative articles that addressed at least one pillar of food security (n=8). Limited primary research is available on food security in Alaskan. Few studies directly measure food security while most provide a review of food security factors. Research investigating dietary intake of traditional foods is more prevalent, though many differences exist among participant age groups and geographical areas. Future research should include direct measurements of traditional food intake and food security to provide a more complete picture of traditional food security in Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Pillar ENVELOPE(166.217,166.217,-77.583,-77.583) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 77 1 1419678 |
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Food insecurity is a public health concern. Food security includes the pillars of food access, availability and utilisation. For some indigenous peoples, this may also include traditional foods. To conduct a scoping review on traditional foods and food security in Alaska. Google Scholar and the High North Research Documents were used to search for relevant primary research using the following terms: “traditional foods”, “food security”, “access”, “availability”, “utilisation”, “Alaska”, “Alaska Native” and “indigenous”. Twenty four articles from Google Scholar and four articles from the High North Research Documents were selected. The articles revealed three types of research approaches, those that quantified traditional food intake (n=18), those that quantified food security (n=2), and qualitative articles that addressed at least one pillar of food security (n=8). Limited primary research is available on food security in Alaskan. Few studies directly measure food security while most provide a review of food security factors. Research investigating dietary intake of traditional foods is more prevalent, though many differences exist among participant age groups and geographical areas. Future research should include direct measurements of traditional food intake and food security to provide a more complete picture of traditional food security in Alaska. |
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